Title
1944 Berlin Poem
Subject
Poetry --Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --Holocaust victims
Berlin (Germany)
Description
An anonymous poem circulated among the Jews in Berlin, Germany toward the end of the war. The poem speaks of the despair of the Jews' condition and the hope the author sees in the spirit of the Jews.
Translation from Henry Lowenstein:
"Today I saw 1,000 disturbed people,
Today I saw 1,000 Jews, wandering into oblivion,
Into the gray of the cold morning drew the condemned
Leaving behind what once was their life.
They stepped through the gates, glancing back,
As they left everything outside, their homeland, their belongings and their happiness,
Where will you be led, where ends your path?
They only know this: The destination is called barbed wire!
And what awaits you is misery, torture and distress,
Suffering, hunger, disease; for many soon-to-follow: death.
I search your eyes with a brother
Translation from Henry Lowenstein:
"Today I saw 1,000 disturbed people,
Today I saw 1,000 Jews, wandering into oblivion,
Into the gray of the cold morning drew the condemned
Leaving behind what once was their life.
They stepped through the gates, glancing back,
As they left everything outside, their homeland, their belongings and their happiness,
Where will you be led, where ends your path?
They only know this: The destination is called barbed wire!
And what awaits you is misery, torture and distress,
Suffering, hunger, disease; for many soon-to-follow: death.
I search your eyes with a brother
Date
between 1939-1945
Rights
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Format
1 __item __(sheet)
Sheets (Information artifacts)
Good __ __18 x 22 centimeters
Language
Document is in German. __ger
Identifier
B333.02.0001.0002.00017
codu:58193